Nick Venden, 2023 Madison Scouts Hall of Fame Inductee.
Nick Venden
Within Madison Scouts circles from the 60’s Nick is best known as writing the first arrangement for Ballet in Brass when he was 18 years old and played as concert during the 1962 season. In 1963 he arranged the Stan Kenton version of Malaguena while still a teenager and we played as concert that year. He wrote most of the show music in ’62,’63, ’65, and ’66.
Nick has conducted multiple film scores at GlenGould Sound, Hollywood; Chicago International film Festival award for the film score, Red; Conducted orchestras all over the world and performed recitals in the USSR,Tokyo,Paris. Rome, Shanghai, and Baden-Baden.
In his words:
“Happily, my last professional gig was conducting the North American and Asian 7 year tour of the broadway show, Les Miserables… I’m currently feeding that new beast in the culture called, Virtual Reality.”
BA Music Composition, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA Music Composition, Roosevelt University - Chicago
MA Music Composition with Interactive Digital Media, California State University at Long Beach.
